You can now make your reservations online for
“Decades of Dance,” our 50th anniversary gala,
on Sunday, March 3, 2013!

Click here to go to the reservations page. This festive event will be from 5 to 7 pm at the OPPD Atrium, just across the street from the Orpheum Theater – where at 7:30 pm the Joffrey Ballet will be performing its 100th anniversary production of Nijinsky’s The Rite of Spring the same evening. Your Decades of Dance reservation also includes a Rite of Spring ticket – so you can enjoy the gala, renew acquaintances with your Academy friends, and then cross over to the Orpheum to see the dazzling Joffrey Ballet production. Reserve now!

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Active and honorary chairs for our 50th anniversary celebration span four decades of the Academy’s history. From left, they are: Sharon McGill, honorary chair; Catherine Demes Maydew, active chair; Wendy Larson Cooper, honorary chair; and Mary Beth Quinn Weber, active chair. They’re seen here with some of the tutus that represent the Academy’s heritage of offering performance opportunities to our highly motivated students.